A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c8.62

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Curable diseases are divided into two categories: easily curable (sukhasādhya) and curable with difficulty (kṛcchrasādhya). Curable diseases are also of three grades (alpa, madhya, utkṛṣṭa). Incurable diseases are either amenable to palliative treatment (yāpya) or intractable (anupakrama); grades are not distinguished. These categories are characterized (10.9–20). 141